In order to encourage employees to get Covid vaccination, the district administration Uttar Pradesh’s Firozabad has ordered that government employees will not receive their salaries unless they are vaccinated, an official said on Wednesday.
Chief Development Officer, Charchit Gaur said that District Magistrate Chandra Vijay Singh has issued an oral order of “no vaccination, no salary”.
District treasury officers and other departmental heads have been given directions to implement the order and were asked to make a list and ensure vaccination.
Government employees who are not vaccinated are trying to get their jabs so that their salaries are not withheld, Gaur said.
The state reported 1,317 fresh COVID-19 cases and 179 fresh fatalities because of the infection on Tuesday. The active cases stood at 32,465.
The Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday relaxed the corona curfew in three more districts, making the relaxation applicable in 64 out of the 75 districts of the state.
